Dr. Sandeep Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
National Institute of Technology Puducherry
Karaikal - 609 609
Union Territory of Puducherry, India.
Educational Background
Ph.D in Transportation Engineering and Management from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (2022)
M.E in Transportation Engineering from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai (2016)
B.E in Civil Engineering from Magna College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai (2014)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Puducherry from March 2023-Present.
National Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPDF) at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (November 2022-March 2023) [One amongst the 300 NPDFs selected by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-Department of Science and Technology (DST) in India]
Ad-hoc Faculty at National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh (August 2022-November 2022)
Temporary Faculty at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (July 2017-May 2018)
Assistant Professor at Lovely Professional University Jalandhar, Punjab (July 2016-November 2016)
Research Interest
Road Safety (Accident Analysis, Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion)
Traffic Flow Modelling and Simulation
Driver Behavior & Psychology Analysis
Traffic Control & Management
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).
Contributions to Scholarly Communications
Research Articles Published in International/National Journals:
1. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Modeling Traffic Parameters Accounting for Platoon Characteristics on Multilane Highways. Transportation in Developing Economies, 8 (2), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-022-00166-3
2. Sandeep Singh, Vidya Rajesh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Effect of Mixed Traffic Platooning by Commercial Vehicle Types on Traffic Flow Characteristics of Highways. Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 50 (4), 344-356, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPtr.18200
3. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Assessing the Impacts of Heavy Vehicles on Traffic Characteristics of Highways Under Mixed Traffic Platooning Conditions. European Transport \ Transporti Europei, 2022. https://doi.org/10.48295/ET.2022.86.3
4. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Platoon-Based Impact Assessment of Heavy-Duty Vehicles on Traffic Stream Characteristics of Highway Lanes Under Mixed Traffic Environment. International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, 20, 29-45, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13177-021-00268-z
5. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Empirical Analysis of Impact of Multi-class Commercial Vehicles on Multi-lane Highway Traffic Characteristics Under Mixed Traffic Conditions. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 11 (3), 545-562, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtst.2021.07.005
6. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Evaluation of Lane-Based Traffic Characteristics of Highways Under Mixed Traffic Conditions by Different Methods. Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, 102 (3), 719-735, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-021-00549-6
7. Sandeep Singh, Bishnu Kant Shukla and S. Moses Santhakumar. An Empiracal Investication of Lateral Placement of Vehicles on Multi Lane Highways Using Infra Red Sensor Data, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 5(4), 1185-1189, 2018.
8. Sandeep Singh, Bishnu Kant Shukla and S. Moses Santhakumar. A Study on Lane Based Capacity of Four Lane Rural Highways with Heterogeneous Traffic, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 5(4), 274-283, 2018.
Research Papers Presented in International/National Conferences:
1. Pranab Kar, Suvin P. Venthuruthiyil, Sandeep Singh, and Mallikarjuna Chunchu. Impact of Heavy Commercial Vehicles on the Mobility of Passenger Cars on Multilane Rural Highways. Seventh International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, (CTRG-7) Surat, India, December 2023.
2. Sandeep Singh, Surya Narayanan Sakthivel and S. Moses Santhakumar. Evaluation of Level of Service for Indian Highways under Mixed Traffic using Clustering Technique. 16th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR-2023) at Montreal, Canada, July 2023.
3. Pranab Kar, Suvin P. Venthuruthiyil, Sandeep Singh, and Mallikarjuna Chunchu. Assessment of the Impact of Heavy Commercial Vehicles on the Safety of Passenger Cars on Multi-lane Rural Highways. 14th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 2022.
4. Sandeep Singh, Madurai Krishnakishore, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Level of Service Analysis of Multilane Highways under Mixed Traffic Conditions using Clustering Technique. Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering (RATE-2022), SVNIT Surat, Gujrat, India, November 2022.
5. Sandeep Singh, Vidya Rajesh, Prabesh Adhikari, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Micro-Simulation Study on the Effect of Motorized Two-Wheelers on Traffic Speed Characteristics. 7th Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM-2020), KSCSTE-NATPAC and CET, India, December 2020.
6. Sandeep Singh, Vidya Rajesh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Performance Analysis of Signalised Intersections on Arterial Roads under Mixed Traffic Condition. 7th Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM-2020), KSCSTE-NATPAC and CET, India, December 2020.
7. Sandeep Singh, Challa Prathyusha, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Analysis of Time Headway Distributions on Multi-Lane Highways Considering Passenger Car-Heavy Vehicle Interaction. 13th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC-2020), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, December 2020.
8. Pranab Kar, Suvin P. Venthuruthiyil, Mallikarjuna Chunchu, and Sandeep Singh. Influence of Trucks on the Safety of Passenger Cars on Rural Highways. 13th International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC-2020), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, December 2020.
9. Sandeep Singh, Akshay Kumar, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Analysis of Vehicle-Type-Specific Time Headway Distributions Under Heterogeneous Traffic Conditions. New and effective Innovations, Technologies and Key Challenges 2020 (NCCE-NITK-2020), National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, India, January 2020.
10. Sandeep Singh, S. Satheesh, M. Kishore, K. Gunasekaran, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Modeling of Headway for Four-Lane Divided Inter-City Highways. Sixth Colloquium on Transportation Systems Engineering and Management (CTSEM-2019), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, Surat, India, June 2019.
Book Chapters Authored:
1. R. Vidya, S. Yamini, A. Cyril Thomas, Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. An Insight Review on Cognitive Bias for Advanced Driver Assistance System. Proceedings of The Future of Road Transportation (Electrification and Automation). Taylor and Francis, 2023.
2. Sandeep Singh, R. Vidya, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Spatio-Temporal Traffic Characteristics Analysis on Multi-Lane Highways under Varying Traffic Flow and Density Levels. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, CTRG-2021, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-3494-0_6
3. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Analysis of Vehicle Time Headway Distributions for Passenger Car and Commercial Vehicles Interaction. Recent Advances in Transportation Systems Engineering and Management - Select Proceedings of Conference of the Transportation Systems Engineering and Management, CTSEM-2021, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-2273-2_38
4. Sandeep Singh, Rajesh Kumar Panada, Anisha Biswal, and S. Moses Santhakumar. A Comparison of Macroscopic Traffic Stream Models under Non-Lane-Based Heterogenous Highway Traffic. Recent Trends in Civil Engineering: Select Proceedings of International Conference of Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, ICRACE-2021, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4055-2_63
5. K.R. Kamala, Vidya Rajesh, Sandeep Singh, and P. Sharmila. Simulation Modeling of Impact of Multi-class Heavy Vehicles on Traffic Flow Characteristics of Multi Lane Highways under Mixed Traffic Conditions using VISSIM Software. In: Nandagiri, L., Narasimhan, M.C., Marathe, S. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS-2021), Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 256, 351-370, 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1862-9_22
6. Sandeep Singh, Vidya Rajesh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Examining the Time Headway Distributions on Rural Highways under Different Traffic Flow Conditions. In: Nandagiri, L., Narasimhan, M.C., Marathe, S. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS-2021), Recent Advances in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 256, 417-428, 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1862-9_26
7. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Effect of Two-Wheeler Proportion on Passenger Car Unit at Urban Signalised Intersections. In: Maurya A.K., Maitra B., Rastogi R., Das A. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 219, 435-446, 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8259-9_28
8. Sandeep Singh, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Influence of Platooning of Heavy Transport Vehicles Operation on Traffic Flow Mix of Intercity Highways. In: Maurya A.K., Maitra B., Rastogi R., Das A. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of Transportation Research Group of India. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 219, 447-459, 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8259-9_29
9. Sandeep Singh, R. Vidya, Bishnu Kant Shukla, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Analysis of Traffic Flow Characteristics Based on Area-Occupancy Concept on Urban Arterial Roads under Heterogeneous Traffic Scenario – A Case Study of Tiruchirappalli City. In: Y. A. Mehta et al. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources and Transportation Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 149, 69-84, 2021, Springer Nature, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1303-6_6
Research Papers Published in International/National Conference Proceedings:
1. Sandeep Singh, Vidya Rajesh, Rajesh Kumar Panda, and S. Moses Santhakumar. A Study on Characteristics of Vehicular Lateral Position on Rural Highways. Proceedings of the International Conference on Community Based Research and Innovations in Civil Engineering (CBRICE-2021), IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 796 (2021) 012046, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/796/1/012046
2. Sandeep Singh, Sarishma Bhandari, S. Moses Santhakumar. Analysis of Vehicle-2-Vehicle Time Headway Distributions Under Mixed Traffic Environment. Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Emerging Research and Innovations in Civil Engineering (ERICE-2021), D.G.G.E.C, Surat, India, 2021. ISBN No: 978-93-54733-18-5
3. Sandeep Singh, Rajesh Kumar Panda, Dinesh Kumar Saw, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Effect of Heavy Transport Vehicles on Speed-Flow Characteristics of Mixed Traffic on Multi Lane Divided Intercity Highways. Resilience and Sustainable Transportation Systems. Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Transportation Development Conference, Shanghai, China, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 176-185, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482902.021
4. Sandeep Singh, Borigarla Barhmaiah, Ashith Kodavanji, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Analysis of Two-Wheeler Characteristics at Signalised Intersection under Mixed Traffic Conditions: A Case Study of Tiruchirappalli City. Resilience and Sustainable Transportation Systems. Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Transportation Development Conference, Shanghai, China, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 35-43, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482902.005
5. Sandeep Singh, Bishnu Kant Shukla, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Infra-Red Sensor-Based Technology for Collecting Speed and Headway Data on Highways Under Mixed Traffic Conditions. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN-2020), Amity University, Noida, India, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 607-611, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPIN48934.2020.9070829
6. Sandeep Singh, Akshay Kumar, Muhamed Niyas, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Multivariate Analysis of Freeways Speed and Time Headway under Mixed Traffic Streams. Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS-2020), Bengaluru, India, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 116-121, 2020. ISSN: 2155-2509. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS48256.2020.9027497
7. Sandeep Singh, Rajesh Kumar Panda, Dinesh Kumar Saw, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Estimation of Passenger Car Unit and Capacity Using Infra-Red Sensor Data on Multilane Divided Intercity Highways. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ITCSD-2019), National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, India, 179-180, 2019. ISBN: 978-93-89354-46-1
8. Sandeep Singh, Nidhi Kathait, M. Kishore, S. Satheesh, K. Gunasekaran, and S. Moses Santhakumar. Modeling of Time Headway Distribution on Multilane Divided Intercity Highways Under Mixed Traffic Condition. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ITCSD-2019), National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal, India, 185-186, 2019. ISBN: 978-93-89354-46-1
Guest Lectures Delivered
"Road Accidents and Road Safety in India Current Scenario and Way Forward" delivered at the "Driving Towards Safety: Road Safety Practices in India" organized by NSS Unit, NIT Srinagar between 14th and 18th May 2024.
"Time Occurrence of Accidents and Socio Demographic Differentials and Chaos and Conflicts on Indian Roads" and "Micro and Macro Drivers of Road Safety and Safety on Indian Highways" delivered at the "Road Accidents Awareness and Prevention" Program organized by Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) and sponsored by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), held at Pondicherry between 9th-11th January 2024.
"Disaster Risk Management: A Tech-Based Approach" delivered in the "International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure" organized by the Dept of Civil Engg, NIT Puducherry between 22nd-26th May 2023.
Administrative Positions
Faculty in-Charge, National Service Scheme (NSS), NITPY
Member, Institution's Innovation Council (IIC), MoE Initiative
Laboratory in-Charge (Highway Engineering and Surveying)
Time Table Co-ordinator, Civil Engineering Dept
Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)
Transportation Research Group of India (TRG)
Awards, Recognitions and Accolades
Represented NITPY Team at Inter-NIT Badminton Tournament held at MANIT, Bhopal (Dec 2023)
Represented NITPY Team at Inter-NIT Cricket Tournament held at NIT Tiruchirappalli, Trichy (Dec 2023)
Certificate of Appreciation in 'Honor and Recognition of Dedication' from International Conference on Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology (2021)
Certificate of Merit for 'Best Outgoing Student of the Civil Engg Dept (2010-14 batch)' from Magna College of Engineering, Anna University (2014)
Certificate of Achievement for 'Securing 2nd Rank in Semester Exam' from Magna College of Engineering, Anna University (2011)
Jamborette Activity Award 'For Excellent Performance as Scout' North Eastern Railway Bharat Scout & Guides (2008)
'Rajya Puraskar' from the The Bharat Scout & Guides, Southern Railway (2008)